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Leigh Hunt letter to John Dalby, January 13, 1838

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Title	Leigh Hunt letter to John Dalby, January 13, 1838
Creator	Hunt, Leigh, 1784-1859
Date Original	1838-01-13
Description	Concerning his message to De Wilde about tangible proofs of the getting on of the Monthly repository; his thanks for De Wilde's kindness; the mention of the Casket in the Atlas.
Personal Name Subject	Hunt, Leigh, 1784-1859 Dalby, John Watson De Wilde, George James, 1804-1871
Geographic Subject	England -- London -- Kensington and Chelsea -- Chelsea
Chronological Subject	1830-1840
Type (DCMIType)	Text
Type (AAT)	Correspondence
Type (IMT)	jpeg
Digital Collection	Leigh Hunt Letters
Contributing Institution	University of Iowa. Libraries. Special Collections Dept.
Archival Collection	Brewer-Leigh Hunt Collection
Collection Guide	http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/spec-coll/resources/Brewer-LeighHunt.html
Location	bound MsL H94d leaf 15 (previous call number MsL H94d no. 7)
Rights Management	Educational use only, no other permissions given. This letter is owned by The University of Iowa Libraries Special Collections Department, and is provided here for educational purposes. It may not be reproduced or distributed in any format without written permission of the Special Collections Department.
Contact Information	Contact the University of Iowa Libraries Special Collections Department: lib-spec@uiowa.edu
Height (cm)	22.9
Width (cm)	18.6
Number of Pages	4
Number of Sheets of Paper	1
Digitization Specifications	Scanned with Zeutschel OS 12000 scanner at 600 ppi, 24-bit color. Archival tiff image available.
Date Digital	2009-02-06
Transcript	Dr. Y. Chelsea - January 13 . (1838) My dear Sir , I had vowed to myself that I never more would send you my acknowledgements of your kindness, without freeing them from their expressions by the beautiful magic help of some parliamentary friend; but as I have just received a letter from Mr. De Wilde in which he tells me that he shall see you tomorrow or next day, & as I wish to give you a message for him, & the business thus becomes one purely on my own account, in short, a very business-like & payment-anticipation-warranting thing (Bentham’s ghost will rejoice in that compound participle) I have taken the liberty of anticipating the payment accordingly; which I know you will excuse, as you have such a delicate tact for all the proprieties. -Taking then the opportunity of thanking you for your reply to my answer, & for the fresh overflow of Christmas good nature which it brought with it (which I would find fault with if I could, but I cannot; for I never can find any fault with you except for undervaluing yourself) may I commission you to thank Mr. De Wilde for his [page break] second letter, & to tell him that yesterday I received, for the first time, really promising tangible proofs of the getting on of the Repository: so that although I will not baulk his kindness in the first instance with regard to advertising in the N.M., I look in future to being able to give his journals the ordinary (I cannot call so sorry a disbursement, grateful) payment common to all /advertisements/ advertisers, monthly; & shall confer immediately with my publishers thereon. Say also, that I thank him extremely for said kindness, which was very well thought of, & to the purpose; & if I had not thus been luckily enabled to /do/ look forward as I wish, would assuredly have done as such a friend wished, and also gallantly speculated upon his recommendations in other quarters; for it becomes “us youth” who think well of one’s fellow-creatures, to act as if we did so, & to give them the opportunity (in all handsome reason) of proving that they deserve the good word of our said everlasting juvenility. Lastly, thank him very much for his information about Mr. Dicey. God bless you both. It is a beautiful & a prosperous sight to see two such natures linked together; for a friendship of like hearts is a success immense, by itself; apart from those worldly successes, which though not to be despised, are as mere earth to walk upon, without human beings to walk on it. And your feminine portions appear to be right harmonious portions; which is a success immenses. The elder made me younger; therefore I may venture, at this distance, & with her husband’s permission, to give A.D. a kiss for it . Most sincerely yours , Leigh Hunt [page break] P.S. It would have vexed me more to see that mention of the Casket in the Atlas, but for two reasons; first, that I conceive the writer meant chiefly to gird at the selector for quoting other quoters instead of the original authors; & secondly, & chiefly, because I feel sure that he does not know the Casket, or its editor. I myself do know, both him, & several writers in the Atlas; & I will take care that the latter are duly acquainted with my friend’s merits . What weather! The nights are what they call in Sweden “steel nights.” Isn’t that a good phrase ? I hope in my next to send you final news of the Lounger. It gratified me much to find that the new edition would not hinder yours . [page break] Paid . To J.W. Dalby Esqre . Amersham , Bucks.
Transcript By	Cheney, David R. (David Raymond), 1922-2006
Transcript Location	Ward M. Canaday Center for Special Collections: http://www.utoledo.edu/library/canaday/index.html

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Relation - Is Part Of	Leigh Hunt letter to John Dalby, Jan. 13, 1838
Digital Collection	Leigh Hunt Letters
File Name	h94d-15_Page1.jpg
Transcript	Dr. Y. Chelsea - January 13 . (1838) My dear Sir , I had vowed to myself that I never more would send you my acknowledgements of your kindness, without freeing them from their expressions by the beautiful magic help of some parliamentary friend; but as I have just received a letter from Mr. De Wilde in which he tells me that he shall see you tomorrow or next day, & as I wish to give you a message for him, & the business thus becomes one purely on my own account, in short, a very business-like & payment-anticipation-warranting thing (Bentham’s ghost will rejoice in that compound participle) I have taken the liberty of anticipating the payment accordingly; which I know you will excuse, as you have such a delicate tact for all the proprieties. -Taking then the opportunity of thanking you for your reply to my answer, & for the fresh overflow of Christmas good nature which it brought with it (which I would find fault with if I could, but I cannot; for I never can find any fault with you except for undervaluing yourself) may I commission you to thank Mr. De Wilde for his [page break]

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